 | Richard Graves - 1840 - 468 pages
...pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him 'that hath called us unto glory and virtue, whereby are given, unto us exceeding great and precious...these, ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world by lust."f When the same apostle exhorts them to... | |
 | John James - 1840 - 946 pages
...pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue : whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious...these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust. 5 And beside , Heed thege p,ain ru,e9... | |
 | John Wesley - Methodist Church - 1840 - 362 pages
...Wednesday, May 24th, about five o'clock in the morning, I opened my Greek Testament on those words ' There are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises,...these ye might be partakers of the divine nature,' 2 Pet. i. 4. Just as I went out, I opened it again on those words, ' Thou art not far from the kingdom... | |
 | King's Chapel (Boston, Mass.) - Unitarian churches - 1841 - 448 pages
...pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue ; whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious...these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust. And besides this, giving all dili-.... | |
 | Thomas Shaw B. Reade - 1841 - 598 pages
...pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue: whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious...these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust."^ " His divine power hath given unto... | |
 | Alexander Robert Charles Dallas - Pastoral theology - 1841 - 502 pages
...great and precious promises given to faithful prayers ; and the certain answer that will attend them. Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious...these ye might be partakers of the divine nature. 2 Peter i. 4. Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and... | |
 | John Jefferson (of Stoke Newington.) - 1841 - 162 pages
...John iii. 8. The world cannot hinder your salvation, if you now " come out, and be separate;" "there are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises,...these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust," 2 Pet. i. 4. To suppose that there... | |
 | Jean Calvin - Reformed Church - 1841 - 700 pages
...him, which he violently perverts from the celestial to the present state. By Christ, says Peter, " are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises...these ye might be partakers of the Divine nature." (f ) As though we were now such as the gospel promises we shall be at the second advent of Christ ;... | |
 | Christian - 1841 - 998 pages
...for this blessedness, by sanctifying them wholly, by making them 'partakers of his holiness:' ' There are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises,...these ye might be partakers of the divine nature.' The sanctification of the believer for God's service is as much a part of the covenant-grant as his... | |
 | John Shenton Bright - Congregational churches - 1842 - 106 pages
...Aim, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.—Rom. vi. 6. Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious...these ye might be partakers of the Divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust. And beside this, giving all diligence,... | |
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Lord, according as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue : whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises : that by these... 
